Data Analyst Jobs in Houston, TX

For a direct local benchmark, Houston data scientists earned a 2025 mean wage of $116,010 and a median wage of $106,750, with the 25th percentile at $81,300 and the 75th percentile at $141,290. A smaller, more advanced computer and information research scientist occupation in Houston had a 2025 mean wage of $133,300, a median wage of $134,050, and a 90th percentile of $199,830. Separately, current local posted salary ranges in the Callings.ai job database center on about $120k to $180k, and Texas new-opening offered pay averaged about $123,361 in September 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=3,863).

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Advertised pay

Across the 46 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $105,375 at the 25th percentile, $132,500 at the median and $167,950 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Houston is still a viable market for Data, Analytics & AI, but it is not an easy one to break into. The local job sample shows more than 100 postings across more than 75 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The strongest local demand clusters are in consulting, professional services, energy, and oil and gas, while Houston's information sector fell to 27.1 thousand jobs in August 2026 and was down -5.9028% year over year. Pay can be strong—Houston data scientists earned a 2025 median wage of $106,750, and local posted salary ranges center on about $120k to $180k—but employers are screening hard for Python, SQL, and newer AI workflow skills. Statewide proxy data adds a caution flag: Texas Data, Analytics & AI postings were up 41.9% year over year in September 2026 even as employment in the same occupation family was down 1.3%, which usually means more openings without a loose market.

Best positioned: Candidates with a few years of experience, strong Python and SQL, business-facing delivery skills, and domain context in consulting or energy have the best odds because about 50% of sampled roles are mid-level, about 30% are senior, and the largest industry pockets are consulting, energy, and oil and gas.

Main caution: The biggest misconception is that Houston is a broad remote-first AI market; about 65% of sampled roles are on-site and only about 5% are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 116 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Farmchefconnect: 3 open roles
2. General Index Limited: 3 open roles
3. Hewlett Packard Co.: 3 open roles
4. Machine Intelligence LLC: 3 open roles
5. Publicis Sapient: 3 open roles
6. TotalEnergies SE: 3 open roles
7. WSP Global Inc.: 3 open roles
8. Bechtel: 2 open roles
9. Capgemini: 2 open roles
10. Cb&I Llc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Houston: 88
• The Woodlands: 7
• Spring: 4
• Sugar Land: 2
• San Antonio: 2
• Atlanta: 2
• New York City: 1
• Chicago, IL / Boston, MA / Atlanta, GA / Houston: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 73 (63%), hybrid 33 (28%), remote 10 (9%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is not evenly spread across Houston. In the local posting sample, the biggest industry pools are IT services and IT consulting (about 20%), energy (about 15%), business consulting (about 15%), oil and gas (about 15%), and software development (about 10%). That mix fits Houston's economic base: metro professional and business services employment reached 581.3 thousand in August 2026 and was up 2.5944% year over year, while Houston ranked second among major North American tech markets for concentration of AI talent in professional and business services, which accounted for 26% of local AI talent. The most distinctive local angle is applied industrial AI. Shape Digital opened its first U.S. office at The Ion to work with operators using existing operational data for recommendations, and Houston-based Focis AI is building queryable digital twins for refineries and plants. For job seekers, that means domain knowledge in operations, energy, maintenance, asset performance, or industrial data can matter as much as generic model-building. What looks weaker is a pure-tech-first search. Houston information employment fell to 27.1 thousand, down -5.9028% year over year, and only about 5% of sampled roles were remote.

• Consulting and professional services (high): This is the densest local cluster: IT services and IT consulting account for about 20% of sampled postings and business consulting about 15%, with active employers including Deloitte, Bain & Company, Capgemini, CGI, and Latitude.
• Energy and industrial AI (high): Energy and oil and gas each account for about 15% of the local sample, and recent local signals include Shape Digital's Houston office and Focis AI's refinery and plant digital twin focus.
• Pure information and remote-first tech (limited): This is the narrowest lane locally: Houston information employment was 27.1 thousand in August 2026 and down -5.9028% year over year, while only about 5% of sampled roles were remote.

Where to focus: Prioritize business-facing analytics and applied AI roles inside consulting and energy-related employers, especially if you can show Python, SQL, and operational decision-support work.

Roles worth searching next

• Operations Analyst: A good bridge if you can apply SQL, reporting, and process-improvement skills to scheduling, throughput, inventory, or service operations.
• Supply Chain Analyst: Houston's industrial and energy-heavy economy makes forecasting, logistics, and inventory analysis a practical next-best lane.
• FP&A or Financial Analyst: A sensible pivot for candidates whose strengths are modeling, dashboards, business cases, and stakeholder communication.
• Business Operations or Strategy Analyst: This fits candidates who are strongest at framing questions, synthesizing messy data, and advising decisions rather than building models full-time.

What postings ask for

• Python (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 70% of local postings, making it the clearest baseline screen in Houston. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates and switchers who need portfolio proof fast.
• SQL (table_stakes | immediate): It shows up in about 60% of local postings and is the shared language across analytics, reporting, and data science work. Who: Everyone in the category, including experienced candidates who have drifted toward manager-only resumes.
• Power BI (differentiator | immediate): Power BI appears in about 25% of local postings and fits Houston's business-facing consulting and operations analytics demand. Who: Analysts, switchers from operations or finance, and candidates targeting consulting-heavy employers.
• Machine learning and MLOps (differentiator | near-term): Machine learning appears in about 25% of local postings and MLOps in about 20%, which matters because employers want models that can be deployed and governed, not just notebooks. Who: Mid-career analysts moving upmarket and data scientists competing for stronger pay.
• Generative AI, RAG, and LLM workflows (premium | immediate): Generative AI and RAG each appear in about 20% of local postings, and national signals say higher-paying data science roles increasingly expect LLM, RAG, and agentic workflow capability. Who: Data scientists, analytics engineers, and senior analysts trying to avoid being boxed into reporting-only work.
• AWS and cloud data platforms (differentiator | near-term): AWS appears in about 20% of local postings, while national skills reporting says cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, and Databricks are becoming must-haves for analytics roles. Who: Candidates targeting consulting, enterprise modernization, or production data roles.

Questions about this market

What do Data, Analytics & AI roles pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

For a direct local benchmark, Houston data scientists earned a 2025 mean wage of $116,010 and a median wage of $106,750, with the 25th percentile at $81,300 and the 75th percentile at $141,290. A smaller, more advanced computer and information research scientist occupation in Houston had a 2025 mean wage of $133,300, a median wage of $134,050, and a 90th percentile of $199,830. Separately, current local posted salary ranges in the Callings.ai job database center on about $120k to $180k, and Texas new-opening offered pay averaged about $123,361 in September 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=3,863). Houston can pay well, but the best compensation sits in specialized data science, research, and AI implementation work rather than broad reporting-only jobs. The metro's broad computer and mathematical group averaged $52.79 per hour in May 2025 versus $32.51 across all occupations, so this category still carries a meaningful wage premium locally.

Where is demand for Data, Analytics & AI roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity is not evenly spread across Houston. In the local posting sample, the biggest industry pools are IT services and IT consulting (about 20%), energy (about 15%), business consulting (about 15%), oil and gas (about 15%), and software development (about 10%). That mix fits Houston's economic base: metro professional and business services employment reached 581.3 thousand in August 2026 and was up 2.5944% year over year, while Houston ranked second among major North American tech markets for concentration of AI talent in professional and business services, which accounted for 26% of local AI talent. The most distinctive local angle is applied industrial AI. Shape Digital opened its first U.S. office at The Ion to work with operators using existing operational data for recommendations, and Houston-based Focis AI is building queryable digital twins for refineries and plants. For job seekers, that means domain knowledge in operations, energy, maintenance, asset performance, or industrial data can matter as much as generic model-building. What looks weaker is a pure-tech-first search. Houston information employment fell to 27.1 thousand, down -5.9028% year over year, and only about 5% of sampled roles were remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Data, Analytics & AI talent in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Deloitte (5 postings), Jade Business Solutions LLC. (5 postings), Bain & Company (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Data, Analytics & AI roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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